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Undergraduate Minors
Business Administration | Management | Entrepreneurship | Finance |Marketing
Human Resource Development | Industrial Technology | Manufacturing Management
RESTRICTIONS
A minor in Business Administration is available to students who are not pursuing a BBA (Prebusiness, ACCT, FINA, MANA or MARK).
Students who are on the 2010-2012 catalog and are seeking a BBA degree may not pursue a minor in Management, Entrepreneurship or Marketing.
Under the 2012-2014 catalog, completion of either the B.S. in Human Resource Development or the B.S. in Industrial Technology results in a Minor in Business Administration. The business administration courses are embedded in the B.S. in HRD and B.S. in Industrial Technology degree plans.
Minor in Business Administration
A minor in Business Administration is available to students who are not pursuing a BBA. The student must complete 12-15 specified lower-division semester hours and 18 upper-division semester hours from the College of Business and Technology as outlined below and must meet any prerequisites listed:
| ACCT 3300 or ACCT 2301 and 2302 | 3 to 6 hours |
| ECON 1301 or ECON 2301 or ECON 2302 | 3 hours |
| TECH 2323: Introduction to Computer Applications | 3 hours |
| MATH 1342: Statistics (or equivalent) | 3 hours |
| FINA 3315: Personal Finance | 3 hours |
| MANA 3305: Operations Management or MANA 3330: Management Information Systems or TECH 3355: Supply Chain Management* |
3 hours |
| MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations or HRD 3333: Human Relations |
3 hours* |
| MARK 3311: Principles of Marketing | 3 hours |
| Upper-division CBT Courses | 6 hours |
*TECH 3355 does not apply to the business administration minor for students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology.
A minor in Management is not available to students who are pursuing a major in Management. The student must complete up to twelve (12) semester hours of prerequisite coursework and 18 upper-division semester hours from the Department of Management and Marketing as outlined below and must meet any prerequisites listed:
| ECON 1301, 2301, or 2302 | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3300 or ACCT 2301 and 2302 | 3 to 6 hours |
| MATH 1342: Statistics (or equivalent) | 3 hours |
| TECH 2323: Introduction to Computer Applications (or equivalent) | 3 hours |
| FINA 3315: Personal Finance | 3 hours |
| MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations or HRD 3333: Human Relations |
3 hours |
| MANA 4315: Managerial Decision Making | 3 hours |
| MANA 3320: Human Resources Management | 3 hours |
| MANA 4310: International Management | 3 hours |
| Upper Division MANA Elective | 3 hours |
2012-2014 Degree Plan: for Finance majors
2012-2014 Degree Plan: for Management majors
2012-2014 Degree Plan: for Marketing majors
The student must complete up to nine (9) semester hours of prerequisite coursework and 18 upper-division semester hours from the Department of Management and Marketing as outlined below and must meet any prerequisites listed:
| ECON 1301 or 2301 or 2302 | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3300 or ACCT 2301 and 2302; | 3 to 6 hours |
| FINA 3315: Personal Finance | 3 hours |
| 9 hours from: MANA 3311 or MANA 4345, MANA 3325, MANA 4320* | 9 hours |
| 6 hours from: MARK 3311, and MARK 3325 or MARK 3350 | 6 hours |
*Students pursuing a BBA may only apply 3 hours of the Minor in Entrepreneurship towards their Business Core or Major requirements. Remaining 15 hours will be specified by the Department of Management and Marketing.
The student must complete 9 hours of of prerequisite coursework and 15 upper-division semester hours from the Department of Finance as outlined and must meet any prerequisites listed.
| ACCT 2301 | 3 hours |
| MATH 1342 Statistics (or equivalent) | 3 hours |
| ECON 1301 or 2301 or 2302 | 3 hours |
| FINA 3311: Principles of Finance | 3 hours |
| FINA 3315: Personal Finance | 3 hours |
| FINA 3330: Investments | 3 hours |
| FINA 4310: Mgmt of Financial Institutions | 3 hours |
| 3 hours from the following: | |
| FINA 4330, 4340, 4345, 4350, 4365, 4370, 4380, 4390, 4395 or 4199-4699. (See Catalog for Prerequisites) | 3 hours |
A minor in Marketing is not available to students who are pursuing a BBA in Marketing. The student must complete up to twelve (12) semester hours of prerequisite coursework and eighteen (18) upper-division semester hours from the Department of Management and Marketing courses as outlined below, and must meet any prerequisites listed:
| ECON 1301 or 2301 or 2302 | 3 hours |
| MATH 1342 (or equivalent) | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3300 or ACCT 2301 and 2302 | 3 to 6 hours |
| FINA 3315: Personal Finance | 3 hours |
| MARK 3311: Principles of Marketing | 3 hours |
| MARK 3325: Retailing in the 21st Century | 3 hours |
| MARK 3350: Consumer Behavior | 3 hours |
| MARK 4380: Marketing Research | 3 hours |
| Upper-Division MARK Elective | 3 hours |
Minor in Human Resource Development
The student must complete 18 upper-division semester hours as follows:
| HRD 3301: Introduction to Human Resource Development | 3 hours |
| HRD 3312: Training and Development | 3 hours |
| HRD 3333: Human Relations or MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations |
3 hours |
| TECH 4320: Job Analysis and Design | 3 hours |
| Two courses (6 hours) from the following: | |
| HRD 3342: Career Development | 3 hours |
|
MANA 4325: Compensation Administration |
3 hours |
| MANA 4335: Labor Relations | 3 hours |
| TECH 4301: Supervision | 3 hours |
Minor in Industrial Technology
The student must complete the following courses to earn a Minor in Industrial Technology:
| MANA 3305: Operations Management | 3 hours |
| TECH 3311: Manufacturing Processes | 3 hours |
| TECH 3333: Polymer Processes | 3 hours |
| TECH 4317: Computer Integrated Manufacturing | 3 hours |
| TECH 4323: Lean Production | 3 hours |
| TECH 4343: Advanced Manufacturing Processes | 3 hours |
Minor in Manufacturing Management
A minor in Manufacturing Management is not available to students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology. The student must complete the following 21 upper-division hours:
| HRD 3333: Human Relations or MANA 3311: Managing People in Organizations |
3 hours |
| MANA 3305: Operations Management | 3 hours |
| TECH 3310: Total Quality Management | 3 hours |
| TECH 3311: Manufacturing Processes | 3 hours |
| TECH 3355: Supply Chain Management | 3 hours |
| TECH 4323: Lean Production | 3 hours |
| TECH 4343: Advanced Manufacturing Processes | 3 hours |
BBA students may declare a CBT minor without adding hours to the degree plan. For example:





